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é was born in the Bronx to Sephardic Jewish parents. Her father was born in Sicily, her mother in Turkey. They spoke several languages at home, including Ladino, which is rooted in Spanish. After graduating from William Howard Taft High School, which she attended with Stanley Kubrick, Gormé found a job as a translator. At night she studied at City weekends she sang in a band led by Ken Greengrass. She appeared on the radio program Cita Con Eydie (An Appointment with Eydie), , changing her name from “Edith“ to “Edie“ and then “Eydie“ because people mispronounced “Edie“. She considered changing her last name, but her mother told her, “'It's bad enough that you're in show business. How will the neighbors know if you're ever a success?'“
